Associate SEO Editor

Job Description:

 Associate SEO Editor -- WSJ

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a dynamic Associate SEO editor to play an essential part in driving the daily news conversation, with a focus on ensuring that the Journal is leading the conversation in Search. The Associate SEO Editor works with different bureaus and audience teams across the newsroom to help expose more readers to our outstanding journalism. 

The ideal candidate will employ great news judgment and demonstrate a good understanding of SEO for news publishing. You understand how to monitor performance in Top Stories and Organic Search and are confident in maintaining and improving visibility on our most important storylines of the day. You will be required to give clear and concise recommendations to newsroom teams, including our journalists and broader audience groups. 

The role requires flexibility for major news moments and other events, which could include evenings and weekends. Typically candidates will work Monday through Friday.

The position is based in our New York City office.

You will:

• Manage and monitor the real-time performance of WSJ in Search and provide recommendations to improve our ranking on the most important stories of the day

• Collaborate with programming strategy, social, and platforms to ensure our top priority news utilizing all levers that can contribute to strong search performances.

• Provide guidance to live coverage teams during live events.

• Optimize our most important stories before and after publication.

• Help prepare in advance for significant news events and develop comprehensive coverage strategies.

• Analyze and report back to the newsroom on SEO successes and failures.

• Contribute to an SEO calendar with coverage topics and other strategic notes.

• Actively monitor internal comms for SEO-related requests from coverage.

You have:

• At least 1-2 years of experience working in a newsroom

• SEO experience at a news publisher

• A deep passion for current events, geopolitics and financial markets

• Clear and effective communication skills 

• Experience using Google Trends, Google Search Console, Parse.ly, SEMRush or other similar tools 

• Excellent time management and organizational skills 

• Able to work in a collaborative environment 

• Knowledge of the search engine industry and best practices

To apply, please submit your resume, and a cover letter explaining how you would approach the job. 

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PAY RANGE: 80,000-90,000

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates. 

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $95,000 - $115,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..